Friday, July 30th, 2010

Charcoal Drawings stand out from the rest

As an artist, making pen and ink drawings can be quite tricky especially if you have no prior experience. For artists that have experience with charcoal drawings the work is easier because it is not far off from making ink drawings. The two are somehow related. On the other hand, ink drawings are used to create some of the best realistic and sharpest drawings. The artist has control over the actual... [Read more]


Pencil portraits the best to make

Unlike making oil portraits, pencil portraits are the best to make; you can even do some pencil shading to make the portrait to look more real. If you are a beginner in making pencil portraits, here are a few pointers on how you can improve your pencil drawings. ‘    The quality of pencils that you select matters a lot in the kind of work that you will create. There are some types that will... [Read more]


Sketch Drawing A Guiding Step To People Drawings

For many artists drawing the art of people drawing is not one of the easiest. Many however agree that if you first make a sketch drawing the work becomes a little easier. For many artists sketch drawing involves making a freehand drawing that will give a glimpse of how the finished drawing will look like. The sketch is a two dimensional visual that will give you different ideas on the composition... [Read more]


Tips To Portrait Painters On Painting Photos

As an artist, portrait painting should not be something that gives you problems. Most portrait painters prefer painting photos that they really like. This is because painting these is easy and enjoyable Here are a few tips for portrait painters planning on painting photos. ‘     The first thing to do if you want to make a very good portrait is selection your favourite photo. This will help... [Read more]


Graphite Pencils Are The Best for Drawing

There are so many artists that are looking for the best drawing pencils. The best is the graphite pencil. This type of drawing pencil is readily available at a good price. A common graphite pencil is usually yellow or red; the type usually used by school children. There are very many types drawing pencils that are very good especially of you are making certain types of drawings. As an artist it is... [Read more]


What you need for portrait art

One of the most important materials that the portrait artist needs to paint portraits is painting brushes and paint.  The type of brushes thy use will determine the quality of his portrait art. There is a collection of paint brushes and paints that the portrait artist can choose from; what matters the most is the preference. Some of the best brushes that that make fine portrait art are the acrylic... [Read more]


An easy way to make a dog portrait

Very many people own pets and would love to make their pet portraits; so here is an easy way to make them by use demonstration of a dog portrait. Firstly, make a grid on a piece of transparent plastic paper using a permanent marker. Start at the bottom of the page and use a ruler to make small marks along the page that are half inch apart. Repeat this process in the whole page; this will ensure that... [Read more]


Drawing by use of charcoal or ink

Charcoal drawing and ink drawing are some of the best and most unique ways to create black and white drawings. These materials are also very cheap and easy to find. Despite the fact that there are many people who prefer color, many artists continue to make black and white drawings. Some of these artists do it because they prefer it but there are those who do it because it is a unique technique. There... [Read more]


The art of drawing people

Drawing people is an art that has existed for many centuries. In many places, it has been done as portrait drawing where an artist just draws the face or the torso. Many artists, instead of drawing, prefer portrait painting. Portrait painting and portrait drawing is a kind of drawing that is most popular in the world and has been used to draw people since time in memorial. What the artist hopes to... [Read more]


How to draw a good pencil portrait

One of the most preferred ways of making art by most artists is the use of art pencil. Most of the artists start off by pencil sketching, before they can go on to make the final pencil portrait. Art pencil is the most enjoyable thing to do and a great way to capture images. The main advantage of them is that you can perform some complex shading and add some hard and soft lines. This is not easily... [Read more]